Did You Know The 25 -Est In The World: #23 The Longest River

The Longest river on earth is The Nile. The distance between White Nile source to Mouth is 6,695 km. Two main sources according to Micheal Barron is the white Nile and the Blue Nile from Lake Victoria, Uganda and Lake Tana Ethiopia respectively.

The Nile and its tributaries flow though nine countries. The White Nile flows though Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, and Burundi all have tributaries, which flow into the Nile or into lake Victoria Nyanes. The major cities that are located on the edge of the Nile and White Nile are: Cairo, Gondokoro, Khartoum, Aswan, Thebes/Luxor, Karnak, and the town of Alexandria lies near the Rozeta branch.

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